Writing
睡觉 (shuì jiào) — how to say "to sleep" in Chinese
睡觉
To sleep
separable verb
How to use it
Splits into two parts, with other words in between: how much, how long, 了 or 过.
睡了一个好觉
shuì le yí ge hǎo jiào
had a good sleep
Character composition
睡
to sleep
觉
sleep (noun)
Radicals / Keys
目
Eye
#109 · mù · 5 strokes
見
See
#147 · jiàn · 7 strokes
Collocations
去睡觉
qù shuì jiào
go to sleep
睡觉时间
shuì jiào shí jiān
bedtime
Examples
今天我想睡觉，我很高兴。
Today I want to sleep, I am very happy.
我睡觉
I sleep.
Mnemonic
[shuì jiào-] Shrek the ogre is feeling sleepy. He looks at his swamp bed transforming: the mattress becomes a cozy marshmallow 🍬, the blanket morphs into the character 睡觉. Shrek lies down and instantly falls asleep, dreaming of juicy onions.
Frequently asked questions
Chinese word for sleep
"to sleep" in Chinese is 睡觉 (shuì jiào).
Shui jiao meaning in English
睡觉 (shuì jiào) means "To sleep".
To sleep in Chinese pinyin
It is pronounced shuì jiào (written as shui jiao, shuijiao). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "to sleep" in Chinese characters?
It is written 睡觉: 睡 has 13 strokes, 觉 has 9 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 睡觉?
睡觉 belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary list.
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